OPTICAL FUNCTIONAL FILM - An optical functional film having an antifouling layer, at an outermost surface, which simultaneously satisfies the anti-fingerprint property, the anti-magic marker property, slippability and water repellency. The optical functional film has: a substrate, an optical functional layer formed on the substrate, and an antifouling layer formed on the optical functional layer and having a ratio Si/C between a silicon element (Si) and a carbon element (C) of 0.25 to 1.0, a ratio F/C between a fluorine element (F) and a carbon element (C) of 0.10 to 1.0 at a surface, and the following characteristics: a. a contact angle of a liquid paraffin is not less than 65° and a falling angle of the liquid paraffin is not more than 15°; b. a contact angle of a black magic marker is not less than 35° and a falling angle of the black magic marker is not more than 15°; and c. a dynamic friction coefficient is less than 0.15.

02-04-2010

20100009194

Method of making charge dissipative surfaces of polymeric materials with low temperature dependence of surface resistivity and low RF loss - A method of making a charge dissipative surface of a polymeric material with low temperature dependence of the tunable surface resistivity, comprises the step of controllably carbonizing the surface of the polymeric material in a vacuum environment by bombarding the polymeric surface with an ion beam of rare gas ions, the energy level of the ion source being from low to moderate so as to reach a surface resistivity in the static dissipative range while having negligible impact on the RF transparency of the material and with tunable thermo-optical properties of the surface, including negligible impact on the thermo-optical properties.

01-14-2010

20090305046

Thermocurable Polyimide Resin Composition - A thermosetting polyimide resin composition which, when used in an adhesive layer of a metal-clad laminate, is able to be manufactured by only the solvent removal without requiring an imidation step reaching 300° C. or higher and is thermosetting, a cured material of which is excellent in adhesive properties, low in coefficient of water absorption and satisfactory in heat resistance is provided.

12-10-2009

20090291311

METHOD OF FORMING A NANOSTRUCTURE - A method of forming a discrete nanostructured element at one or more predetermined locations on a substrate is presented. The method includes forming a mask member over the substrate. A window is formed in the mask member at each of one or more locations at which it is required to form the nanostructured element thereby to expose a portion of a surface of the substrate. A portion of the substrate exposed by the window at the one or more locations is removed to form one or more recesses in the substrate. The method further includes forming a layer of a nanostructure medium over a surface of the recess and annealing the structure thereby to form the nanostructured element in each of the one or more recesses. The nanostructured element includes a portion of the nanostructure medium and has an external dimension along at least two substantially orthogonal directions of less than substantially 100 nm.

11-26-2009

20090305045

Preparation of Transition Metal Nanoparticles and Surfaces Modified with (CO)Polymers Synthesized by RAFT - A new, facile, general one-phase method of generating thiol-functionalized transition metal nanoparticles and surfaces modified by (co)polymers synthesized by the RAFT method is described. The method includes the steps of forming a (co)polymer in aqueous solution using the RAFT methodology, forming a colloidal transition metal precursor solution from an appropriate transition metal; adding the metal precursor solution or surface to the (co)polymer solution, adding a reducing agent into the solution to reduce the metal colloid in situ to produce the stabilized nanoparticles or surface, and isolating the stabilized nanoparticles or surface in a manner such that aggregation is minimized. The functionalized surfaces generated using these methods can further undergo planar surface modifications, such as functionalization with a variety of different chemical groups, expanding their utility and application.

MULTI-COMPONENT INJECTION-MOLDED PART WITH MATERIAL-LOCKING SEALING - An injection-molded part according to the invention has at least one thermoplastic inlay part and one thermoplastic composite element injection-molded onto the inlay part. The at least one inlay part on its boundary face with the composite element has at least one raised feature for material-locking sealing between the inlay part and the composite element. The raised feature protrudes with a height H

10-21-2010

20090053525

NICKEL INK - Disclosed is a nickel ink which is obtained by dispersing nickel particles in a dispersion medium. This nickel ink contains a methyldimethoxysilane coupling agent. The dispersion medium contains a glycol having a boiling point at room temperature of not more than 300 & ring; C, an alkoxyethanol having 3-10 carbon atoms, and an ether having carbon atoms. The ink is preferably controlled to have a surface tension of 15-50 mN/m and a viscosity at 25 & ring; C of 0.6-60 mPa-sec. This ink is preferably used in inkjet printing systems.

Process and freeform fabrication system for producing a three-dimensional object - The present invention describes a process for producing a three-dimensional object, comprising: providing a material to be solidified, the material comprising a filler and a binder; delivering electromagnetic radiation and/or synergistic stimulation in a pattern or an image to a building region for solidifying said material; wherein said delivering of electromagnetic radiation and/or synergistic stimulation is performed selectively to a defined area or volume of said material to be solidified; and wherein an energy density of electromagnetic radiation and/or synergistic stimulation is varied within said pattern or image and/or between patterns or images of different building regions of said material. The present invention may be directed also to a system where different first and second materials are to be solidified. The present invention further provides a freeform fabrication system, and a freeform three-dimensional object having unique properties as well as products derived therefrom, such as sintered products.

Product having injection molded portion, method of manufacturing the product, and apparatus for manufacturing the product - A molded product includes an already-formed member and an injection molded portion. The already-formed member, which has a joining surface, is placed in an injection molding mold, and the joining surface and the injection molding mold define a molding cavity. The injection molding mold further defines a spill cavity that is in communication with the molding cavity. Liquid molding material is injected into the molding cavity. At least some of initial molding material which has initially reached the joining surface flows into the spill cavity due to injection pressure of subsequent molding material injected after injection of the initial molding material, and is replaced with the subsequent molding material, which has a temperature higher than that of the initial molding material and a viscosity lower than that of the initial molding material. When the liquid molding material hardens to form an injection molded portion joined to the joining surface of the first already-formed member, the first already-formed member and the injection molded portion are a joined molded product.

10-08-2009

20110014474

Methods for Manufacturing Three-Dimensional Devices and Devices Created Thereby - In certain exemplary embodiments of the present invention, three-dimensional micro-mechanical devices and/or micro-structures can be made using a production casting process. As part of this process, an intermediate mold can be made from or derived from a precision stack lamination and used to fabricate the devices and/or structures. Further, the micro-devices and/or micro-structures can be fabricated on planar or nonplanar surfaces through use of a series of production casting processes and intermediate molds. The use of precision stack lamination can allow the fabrication of high aspect ratio structures. Moreover, via certain molding and/or casting materials, molds having cavities with protruding undercuts also can be fabricated. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. This abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.

01-20-2011

20090022995

IN-SITU NANOPARTICLE FORMATION IN POLYMER CLEARCOATS - Methods and compositions for forming a transparent clear coat characterized by a desired property, such as a color effect, resistance to UV light-induced degradation and/or scratch resistance, on a substrate are detailed according to embodiments of the present invention. Particular compositions and methods for producing a transparent clear coat layer include nanoparticles formed in-situ during curing of a transparent clear coat. Curable clear coat compositions are described according to embodiments of the present invention which include one or more substantially dissolved nanoparticle precursors.

01-22-2009

20090123756

MATTE MULTILAYER POLYESTER FILM - A matt multiplayer polyester film includes at least to layers A and B, wherein the polyester of the layer A is a polyester with a glass transition temperature TgA of 30 to 70° C. consisting of (a) 60 to 95 wt % of a polyester and (b) 5 to 40 wt % of an incompatible resin, while the main one of the polyesters of the layer B is a copolyester with a melting point TmB of 120 to 210° C., the surface glossiness of the layer A being less than 50%.

METHOD FOR COLORING OR FIGURING A SURFACE OF A SOFT MAGNET AND COLORING OR FIGURING MEDIUM MATERIAL USED IN THE METHOD - A method for coloring or figuring a surface of a soft magnet includes steps of: preparing a soft magnet having a surface to be colored or figured; previously printing a color layer or a figure layer on a surface of a low-extensibility medium material; disposing an elastic attachment material layer on a surface of the color layer (or the figure layer) or the surface of the soft magnet; and stamping the medium material and the soft magnet to detach the color layer or the figure layer from the medium material and affix the color layer or the figure layer to the surface of the soft magnet via the elastic attachment material layer at high adhesion. During the stamping process, the soft elastic attachment material layer is expandable to absorb the expansion of the soft magnet to overcome the problem of poor precision existing in the conventional soft magnet printing operation.

11-18-2010

20110003157

PROCESS FOR DEPOSITING A THIN LAYER AND PRODUCT OBTAINED THEREBY - The purpose of the invention is a process for obtaining a material comprising a substrate at least part of whose surface and at least one of whose faces is based on organic compounds, the said process being implemented at atmospheric pressure comprises moreover the following stages: In the immediate vicinity of the said substrate a zone containing active species of a non-thermal plasma is created; into the said zone is injected at least one precursor of a chemical element so as to deposit upon at least one face of the said substrate (at least part of whose surface comprises an organic compound base), a first thin layer capable of protecting the said substrate against oxidation reactions, specifically those due to radicals. A further purpose of the invention is the material obtainable according to this process.

01-06-2011

20100035064

METHOD FOR PREPARATION OF EXTRUDED OBJECTS WITH BRILLIANT GLOSS - Disclosed herein is a method for performing a surface polishing treatment for thermoplastic resin while extrusion-molding the thermoplastic resin, to prepare a highly-glossy extruded product. The method includes performing a surface treatment to give high gloss to a surface of a thermoplastic resin plasticized in an extruder while causing the thermoplastic resin to continuously pass through a die of a relatively-high temperature and a die of a relatively-low temperature in a nozzle region, and controlling the temperature at a trailing end of the high-temperature die and the temperature at a leading end of the low-temperature die such that there is a temperature difference of 30 to 2000C. It is possible to give gloss to an extruded product through a continuous extrusion process without addition of a glazing agent or execution of a separate surface treatment process, and thus, to provide excellent effects in terms of manu-facturing costs and production efficiency.

02-11-2010

20090081463

TINTED ARTICLE HAVING A HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX - Disclosed is a tinted article formed from a substrate having a refractive index of at least 1.57 comprising at least partially polymerized sulfur-containing polyurethane material and/or at least partially polymerized sulfur-containing polyurethaneurea material; an intermediate coating applied to at least a portion of the substrate; a tintable hardcoat applied to at least a portion of the intermediate coating; and tint applied to at least a portion of the tintable hardcoat. Methods for preparing the tinted articles also are provided.

03-26-2009

20090130448

FLEXIBLE MAGNETS HAVING A PRINTABLE SURFACE AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION - A method of forming a flexible magnetic sheet having a printable surface includes providing a flexible magnetic sheet, applying a coating directly to a surface of the flexible magnetic sheet, and curing the coating to form a printable surface on the flexible magnetic sheet. A flexible magnetic sheet having a printable surface includes a printable coating directly on a surface of the magnetic sheet.

METHOD FOR JOINING SIC-DIAMOND - The invention relates to a method for joining ceramic composite parts comprising at least one ceramic material and at least one superhard material to at least one other part, the method comprising treatment of a join surface or surfaces of the ceramic composite part; and disposition onto the treated surface or surfaces, or portions thereof, of a material capable of bonding to the ceramic composite part as well as to the at least one other part upon the application of sufficient heat. The invention extends to articles comprising a ceramic composite part comprising ceramic material and at least one superhard material, bonded to at least one other part, the article including at least one layer selected from an attachment layer, a brazeable layer, and an oxidation resistant (braze compatible) layer or combinations thereof included at an interface between the ceramic composite part and the other part.

08-12-2010

20130344339

ION RADIATION DAMAGE PREDICTION METHOD, ION RADIATION DAMAGE SIMULATOR, ION RADIATION APPARATUS AND ION RADIATION METHOD - An ion radiation damage prediction method includes a parameter computation step of computing the incidence energy and incidence angle of an incident ion hitting a fabricated object, and a step of searching for data in databases created in advance on the basis of the computed incidence energy and angle, the databases storing distributions of quantities of crystalline defects having an effect on the fabricated object, ion reflection probabilities and ion penetration depths. The method also includes finding the penetration depth and location of the incident ion based on the data found in the searching step and based on the computed incidence energy and angle, and computing a quantity of defects in the fabricated object from the penetration depth and location. A distribution of defects may be computed by performing the aforementioned steps for many incident ions.

12-26-2013

20080311402

ORIENTATION-CONTROLLED SELF-ASSEMBLED NANOLITHOGRAPHY USING A BLOCK COPOLYMER - Disclosed is a structure made of a trench patterned substrate having a pre-determined trench period and a pre-determined mesa to trench width ratio, and a block copolymer on top of the trench patterned substrate. The block copolymer has at least an organic block and a silicon-containing block, wherein the block copolymer can have either perpendicular or parallel cylinders. The structure is annealed under a pre-determined vapor pressure for a predetermined annealing time period, wherein the pre-determined trench period, the pre-determined mesa to trench width ratio, the predetermined vapor pressure and the predetermined annealing time period are chosen such that cylinders formed in the block copolymer are either perpendicular or parallel with respect to the trench-patterned substrate. A method is also described to form the above-mentioned structure.

Linerless Prepregs, Composite Articles Therefrom, and Related Methods - Linerless prepreg, composite articles therefrom, and related methods are disclosed. In linerless prepreg according to the invention, matrix material is impregnated into a reinforcement material without the need for any release liners during manufacture or storage thereof. Beneficially, prepreg of the invention is capable of being easily wound into a roll or stacked for storage, without sticking to itself when it is later used in the manufacture of composite articles.

Optical Reflective Film - An optical reflective film that includes pluralities of repeating units is provided. The repeating unit includes a first multiplayer-film unit and a second multiplayer-film unit. The first multiplayer-film unit and the second multiplayer-film unit are by stacking a first polymeric material A and a second polymeric material B. The first polymeric material A and the second polymeric material B differ from each other in refractive index by at least about 0.03. The stacking order in the first multiplayer-film unit is 1A:xB:1A, and the stacking order in the second multiplayer-film unit is 1B:yA:1B, where x and y represent the optical thickness multiple of the middle polymeric material relative to the neighboring polymeric material. X and y are not equal and have a proportional relationship to each other. For the visible light, the ratio of the first multiplayer-film unit and the second multiplayer-film unit in the effective refractive index is about 1.00.

02-19-2009

20090017305

MANUFACTURING PROCESS FOR INTEGRATED MICROELECTROMECHANICAL COMPONENTS - A method for producing integrated microelectromechanical components is provided, whereby a first conductive layer is produced on a first insulating layer, the first conductive layer is structured, a second insulating layer is produced, a second conductive layer is produced, at least one etch opening is produced for at least partial etching of the second insulating layer beneath the second conductive layer in order to produce at least one hollow space, and at least a part of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer is electrically contacted.

01-15-2009

20090075084

Integral skin molded article and method of preparing integral skin molded article and laminate having skin - The present invention provides an integral skin molded article used for vehicle internal parts, which enables good production efficiency and cost reduction and has good external appearance, and a method of preparing an integral skin molded article, and also provides a laminate with a skin comprising the integral skin molded article and a core material, and a method of preparing a laminate with a skin. Disclosed are an integral skin molded article obtained by injecting a polyurethane foam for a skin into a die after injecting a high density polyurethane resin for a core, containing a high density polyurethane resin for a skin, containing a polyol component, 1-methyl-3,5-diethyl-2,4-diaminobenzene and/or 1-methyl-3,5-diethyl-2,6-diaminobenzene, and a blowing agent into the same die; and a method of preparing a laminate with a skin comprising a skin molded article and a core material.

03-19-2009

20080318051

MOLDING SYSTEM AND MOLDED-IN-COLOR PANEL - In one embodiment, a molding system for creating a molded-in-color panel has a first mold member with a first forming surface for forming a portion of a panel with an exposed surface. The molding system has a second mold member having a second forming surface for forming a concealed portion of the panel. One of the first and second mold members is translatable relative to the other to collectively receive a heated molded-in-color resin to form the panel. The molding system has an injector for injecting molded-in-color resin into the mold. The second forming surface is sufficiently smooth so that the exposed surface of the panel is free of visible flow lines.

12-25-2008

20080254298

Method for treating a substrate - A method for treating a substrate is described. In accordance with one aspect, the method includes applying a polymer coating to a substrate, and bringing the polymer coating into contact with a heated surface in a pressure nip while the coating is still in a wet state. Optionally the polymer coating may include a crosslinkable material, and a crosslinking agent may be used to promote crosslinking. The polymer coating replicates the heated surface. A product produced in accordance with the described method is also disclosed. The product is characterized by having subsurface voids within the coating.

10-16-2008

20080254297

PHOTORESIST COATING TO APPLY A COATING TO SELECT AREAS OF A MEDICAL DEVICE - Methods and devices for coating a medical device, such as a stent, including the steps of coating the medical device with a photoresist polymeric coating, irradiating a portion of the medical device, optionally applying a post-exposure bake step, and removing all or a portion of the coating from the irradiated portion of the medical device, if a positive photoresist coating material is used, or from a portion of the medical device not exposed to the radiation, if a negative photoresist coating material is used. The photoresist polymeric coating may optionally include a drug.

MACHINING FEATURES IN LASER SHOCK PEENED REGIONS - A method for laser shock peening an article includes laser shock peening the article forming at least one pre-stressed region having deep compressive residual stresses imparted by the laser shock peening and machining a feature into article in the pre-stressed region after the laser shock peening. The feature may be machined entirely in the pre-stressed region. The pre-stressed region may extend completely between oppositely spaced apart sides of the article with the feature machined entirely through the pre-stressed region and completely between and through the spaced apart outer and inner sides. The feature may be a hole or a scallop. The article may be an arcuate wall having a radius of curvature and the feature includes a centerline and is machined into wall with the centerline substantially parallel to the radius of curvature. The hole or scallop may have a curved sharp edge.

10-02-2008

20080233403

Method of Making Ceramic Reactor Components and Ceramic Reactor Component Made Therefrom - A method of improving the adhesion of processing materials on a ceramic component is described. The method includes the steps of forming a green ceramic component and texturing the surface of the green ceramic component. The as-textured component is then fired to harden the ceramic material. In an alternative embodiment of the method, a coating is applied to the surface of the as-fired ceramic component to provide a secondary adhesion layer. A ceramic component for use in an etching or deposition reactor chamber is also described. The ceramic component includes a substrate formed of a ceramic material and has a textured surface formed thereon such that the textured surface has a roughness of about 100 to 1000 μin R

09-25-2008

Patent applications in class SURFACE PROPERTY OR CHARACTERISTIC OF WEB, SHEET OR BLOCK

Patent applications in all subclasses SURFACE PROPERTY OR CHARACTERISTIC OF WEB, SHEET OR BLOCK